A furor erupted online during today’s provincial election as several candidates contravened Elections BC rules by tweeting for support on polling day.
Liberal candidate Suzanne Anton withdrew tweets after being taken to task for breaking the rules:
And the Liberal Party sent out this message warning candidates to take down any social media postings made on election day:
“We’ve heard back from Elections BC and they are insisting that our candidates remove any social media ... Read More …

What do you get when politics meets digital media?
A #votemob, an election-themed flashmob geared at getting out the vote.
Local tech industry group DigiBC is mobilizing companies in the sector to vote en masse at Friday’s advance poll at Yaletown’s Roundhouse and so far 30 companies have signed on.
While the voters who turn up at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon to vote have their choice of candidates: the Liberal’s Sam Sullivan, the Conservative’s ... Read More …

The Twittersphere lit up Friday morning when the four leaders of British Columbia’s major parties took to the airwaves for an election debate.
But while the buzz on social media jumped to more than double what it has been in the days since the election was called, the debate, on CKNW radio failed to sway investors much in the University of BC’s Sauder School of Business Predictions Market.
By just past noon Friday, there were ... Read More …

A Liberal press release on Tuesday asked an excellent question: Why are activists at Canadian universities busy sponsoring an Israeli Apartheid Week at a time when Syria is slaughtering thousands of citizens and Iran is imprisoning opponents of its Islamic regime?
“Israeli Apartheid Week continues to defy logic and the cause of social justice,” Liberal leader Bob Rae remarked Tuesday. “It is therefore difficult to understand why this year the focus continues to be on ... Read More …